Let's Talk BBQ
Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Pellet Grills and Smokers => Topic started by: Smokin Don on April 16, 2013, 11:31:59 AM
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Apr 15 2013
Last Friday my daughter in law came home with a meatball and sauce recipe a friend from work gave her. It didn’t sound good with the kraut and cranberries; but was different enough I had to try them.
The recipe called for the meatballs to be cooked in the sauce. I mixed the sauce in a crockpot and did the meatballs on my smoker to render out some of the fat in the 80-20 mix of the ground chuck. I did them up early and left them on low until I did my sides.
I had wanted spaghetti squash but could only find a small one so I got a yellow acorn type squash to fix too along with some fingerling potatoes. I did the squash with butter in the center for an hour and a half. The potatoes I had on for the last hour. The potatoes were coated with some olive oil and some Penzey’s sandwich sprinkle.
I baked some take home & bake baguettes and served warm along with the meal. The meatballs were a big hit with all. I saved out two without the sauce for the grandson; he usually does not like sauce. My wife who is not a meatball fan loved these. My veggie daughter in law even ate some. I liked them and the bread was good with the sauce.
If you make these as an appetizer for a party I would say do the small 1 inch balls but for a meal I like larger ones. I think they would also be good served over rice or mashed potatoes for a good comfort meal.
Some of the players
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Meatball mixture
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Ready for the smoker
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Sauce in the Crockpot
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Meatballs done
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Sides about done
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My Plate
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Recipe
Meatballs in kraut and cranberry sauce
Meatballs:
2 lbs. ground chuck
2 large eggs
½ cup dry bread crumbs
1 package dry onion soup mix
Sauce:
1 14oz. ketchup & 14 oz. water
1 16 oz. can whole cranberries
1 16 oz. can sauerkraut
¼ cup brown sugar
Recipe said to mix the sauce in a Dutch oven and simmer while you make up the meatballs. Make one inch meatballs; add to the sauce. Cover and bake in 350 deg. oven for 1 ½ hours. It said it makes about 60 meatballs.
I made larger meatballs 1 ½ inch and it made 22. I used Italian style bread crumbs because that’s what I had on hand. I think it is best to cook the meatballs some way to reduce some of the fat.
I mixed up my sauce in a crockpot and did the meatballs in my smoker, ½ hour on smoke at 175 deg. then 225 deg. for another ½ hour. I then added them to the sauce and cooked for 2 hours on high then down to low until supper time.
These are supposed to freeze well. The sauce is like a sweet and sour sauce. My wife is not a big meatball fan but loved these. I tried one of the meatballs without the sauce and will use this for my standard meatball recipe.
Serve with some crusty bread for dipping in the sauce.
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Outstanding plate!
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Great looking plate Don! Love the side idea's too.
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Looks very tasty. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
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Interesting.. looks really good Don!
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Looks like you got a new good recipe to hang on to.
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I like!
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Love me some meatballs, Nice job!!
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:P :P :P
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Great looking plate
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